Japan surrendered on 15 august. The soviet union declared war on japan an hour before 9 august and invaded manchuria at one minute past midnight. The debate over the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki concerns the ethical legal and military controversies surrounding the atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki on 6 august and 9 august 1945 at the close of world war ii 1939 45.
The blast packed a destructive force equivalent to about 15 kilotons of tnt. At 8 15 in the morning on august 6 the uranium based atomic bomb little boy was used on hiroshima home of approximately 320 000 people. Bombers carried out surprise atomic bomb attacks on the cities of hiroshima and nagasaki.
Three weeks later u s. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on. Tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure.
It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been deployed in warfare and the bomb immediately killed 80 000 people. On august 6 1945 an american b 29 bomber dubbed enola gay dropped an atomic bomb on the japanese city of hiroshima. The atomic dome in hiroshima today stands as a memorial to the nuclear bombings.
On august 6 1945 the united states detonated a nuclear weapon on the japanese city of hiroshima. The atomic bombings of hiroshima and nagasaki. Three days after the united states dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima a second atomic bomb was dropped on nagasaki on august 9 a 21 kiloton plutonium device known as fat man on the day of the bombing an estimated 263 000 were in nagasaki including 240 000 japanese residents 9 000 japanese soldiers and 400 prisoners of war.
The united states detonated two nuclear weapons over the japanese cities of hiroshima and nagasaki on august 6 and 9 1945 respectively with the consent of the united kingdom as required by the quebec agreement the two bombings killed between 129 000 and 226 000 people most of whom were civilians and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.
